The Big Promise

Our dream was for 10 million people to actively promise to remember the poor.

10.10.10 was an opportunity to show that wherever we may be in the world we are standing together as Christians, recommitting ourselves to the pursuit of justice and encouraging action from our leaders. It was a global moment which meant that a church in rural France, a mega church in Nairobi and a suburban church in Lima were all crying out with one voice.

As a sign of the promise, we asked people to raise their hands and make a special handprint.

Hands mean worship, hands pledge support and we use our hands to demonstrate God's love.

The simple action of using our handprint to confirm our promise is a symbol of faith and action coming together.

The handprints were also a visible message that we passed on to our leaders that our promise to halve global poverty cannot be forgotten.